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POLITICAL AGENCY, BAHRAIN, FOR
PERIOD 1ST TO 15TH JANUARY ^ 1946 .
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Reference paragraph 200(ii) of Intelligence Sumarv
No. 24 of 1°45.
Comr-iodore l. r; . "liicehorn, R.N., Senior ; T aval Officer,
Persian Gulf, returned frou Basra in H.H.S. ’'oRABiXLF" on the
8th January.
2. CALLS .
(i) On the 8th January Sheikh Abdulla bin Isa al Nhalifah,
C.I.-R, uncle of His Highness the Sheikh of Bahrain, called, on
the Political Agent.
(ii) On the 13th January, His Highness Bheinli Salman
accompanied by his uncle Sheikh Abdulla bin Isa al yhalifah
lunched *dth the Senior .-aval Officer, Persian Gulf, aboard
H.K. G, J SGASrjLLB”. The Political Agent and the Assistant
Political Agent vere also present.
(ili) On the 14th January, the Political Agent called on
Kis lighness Sheikh Salman at Rafa'.
3. GRAY HACIIENZIL (Sc C0> , LTD .
(i) On the 13tU January B'r. H.L. Gregor, vlio has been
ac tin... General Manager of Messrs. Gray Hackenzie and company,
Limited, arrived in Bahrain to relieve Hr. J.'R ALLCARD, the
Bahrain Agent.
(ii) On the 7th January the first ship to berth at the
nen Si era pier vas successfully unloaded by ' "essrs. Gray Mackenzie
and Company, Limited, into BAPCO motor transport. It is stated
that deficiencies in commissariat supplies amounted only to some
.02t.
4. SAU D I ARABIA .
(i) There was trouble with creins of American tankers at
Has Tanura on New gear's Day. All worn on these snips was held
up and shore leave stopped. The united States Consulate at
Dhahran have in consequence decided to depute a representative
to spend three days of every week at Ras Tanura.
(ii) The runway of the Dhahran Aerodrome was inaugurated
on Ne '-ear's Day when Raj or Shoenan left for Cairo in the first*
aircraft to take off.
5. rPB7 YBAR’S DAY .
The political Agent and the Assistant political Agent
received visits from His Highness Rheikh .Sir Salman bin Hamad al
Fhalifah, R.CRI.R., and by dr. 'G. r kR. Smith, Acting Adviser to
the Bahrain Government and members of the Ruling Fauil;/ on He-/
^ear's Day. His Highness inspected the guard, of honour on his
arrival at the Agency.
Thgpolitical Agent and the Assistant political Agent
also received visits from members of the British, American, Arab,
Persian, and Indian communities in Bahrain.
6. LOCAL AFFAIRS .
(i) On the 7th January His Highness Sheikh Salman went on
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